Stuggu Backyard Ultra 2026

Stuggu Backyard Ultra is a backyard-style ultrarunning race held at Stentrøstuggu in Ålen, Trøndelag, Norway. Runners begin and end each loop outside Stuggu. The race takes place in early August on a set 6,707-meter loop. The format is straightforward: start a lap on the hour, complete it within the hour, and then decide whether to start another. Missing the hourly cutoff means the race ends. The challenge involves pacing and recovery as much as speed. Seven laps equal approximately a marathon, with stronger runners going much further; in one edition, twelve participants exceeded 100 kilometers. The route is being modified to use less asphalt, but the fundamental pattern remains: one loop, one hour, repeated until a runner stops or is the last one remaining.